Busy day in May

Marina ran her 1st organized race today!! The local CAT Power Race had a 1/2 mile kids fun run. We had a couple of "training" runs before the race. She had allot of fun, most of it came in the "telling about it" phase when we got home :)

Lining Up!


Starting the 1/2 mile in style!

Coming up the hill to the finish line!


Enjoying post race refreshments!

The Garage Sale mania waiting for us when we got home. Leann had a great day turning our tash into someone elses treasures.

The kids made hay by selling refreshments to all of the exhausted garagesalers.

Countdown to the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic

Precious Memories

It is times like this when we wish we could put life on hold. We took these pictures during our last trip home to Mom and Dad's......if only we could all exhibit such passion for the "little"things in life.

A VERY Happy Mother's Day

What an awesome mother's day...started out with an early morning run (Don taking care of breakfast for the kids) - then he whipped up an omlet for me - then we tag-teamed baths & Sunday clothes. The kids delivered my gifts - a new running shirt and hat, along with wonderful cards. Had meeting and then we came home and the whole gang fixed lunch while I watched and cheered them on. :) It was DELICIOUS! Thanks Don, Marina, Paige, Hudson & Cadence for making today SOOO special. I feel very appreciated.

Mushroom Hunters

Last night we had a successful mushroom hunt!! We only went out for a little bit, and just as we were about to call it quits and settle for smores back at the house - we stumbled on a patch of them. I was glad the kids got a chance to find some - hopefully stoking interest in another mushroom hunting trip. Although there is a high likely hood that the mushroom hunters will be hesitant mushroom eaters....all the more for daddy!